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Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti
 The leading Baloch
ethnic nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed
Saturday in a massive military operation in the southwestern
Balochistan province.
A National
Mourning for Baloch Nation [read more]
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Saleh Baloch (Malikmiran)
 Saleh was an
active source of information about Balochi culture,
language, poetry and literatures. During his life time he
had participated in every Balochi congregations, meetings
and interviewing the great personalities...[read
more] |
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Daad Shaah
In Iranian Balochistan, the
people were under tighter control, The Shah’s was an
oppressive administration. But people like Daad Shaah, who is
a folk hero for his fight against the Iranian
Monarch...[read
more] |
Mir Gul Khan
Naseer
The poet-politician gave a new
meanings and form to Balochi poetry. The concept of freedom
and sovereignty were beautifully portrayed. He opposes
Balochistan losing its independence...
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more] |
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Meer Chaakar Khan Rind
 Meer
Chaakar Khan Rind or Chakar-i-Azam (Farsi or Urdu: میر چاکر
خان رند) is considered a folk hero of Baloch people. Meer
Chaakar (1468 – 1565) was a Baloch King in the 15th century.
Chakar Khan founded a kingdom which proved to be
shortlived...[read
more]
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Prince Abdul
Kareem
 The revolt of prince
Abdul Kareem in May 1948 did not gain much momentum. Along
with his followers, he had entered Afghanistan with the hope
of getting assistance from the Afghan rulers...[read
more]
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Senator Sanaullah
Baloch
 Member of Senate of Pakistan, and member of Standing
Committee on Local Government and Problems of Less Developed
areas. In addition, he serves as a member of Senate Function
Committee on Government Assurances..... [read
more] |
Dr. Taj
Breseeg
 The
importance of the Baloch as a case study cannot be ignored.
The Baloch, after all, represent more than ten million people
dispersed throughout Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Gulf
States...
[read
more]
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Sayad Zahoor
Shah
 Zahoor Shah (1926—1977) was a renowned
poet and writer. A few excerpts from his book of prose,
Sistagien Dastunk, rendered freely in English, are reproduced
below to show that he was deeply shocked to see the
Baloch...[read
more]
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Abdullah Qaaderi
 With
regret, much grief and sorrow Western Balochistan has lost
another intellectual, teacher, and freedom fighter. Mr.
Abdullah Qaaderi Passed away Yesterday in his hometown Pahrah
( Iranshahr) at the age of 83...[read
more]
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Ostaad Zahoor Shah Zeybi
A well known name in
Balochi music world. A music director behind many success
stories! Ostaad
Zahoor Shah Zeybi has worked and still working with great
Baloch artists such as Aref, ShahJaan, Muslim Hammal, Asim,
Naseer and many more....[read in
Balochi] |
Ostaad Abdul Sattar Baloch
 Ostaad Abdul Sattar Baloch
was born in Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan. He was the son of
“Mohammad Hashom” who belongs to Bompoor, Balochistan,
Iran. His family left Balochistan, Iran to Pakistan for a safe
life during the tension of Baloch nationalism in Iran[read
more] |
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Golbang
 Golbang plays both traditional and modern
Iranian folk music. On their new CD "Saali nó" they have also
added a Swedish touch. The unique meeting between the Orient
and Scandinavia is nothing less than
magic...[read
more]
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Mahnoor Baloch
Mahnoor Baloch is like this beautiful fragile desert
flower who could play a mysterious Arab princess, delicate
enough to bruise by the stem of a flower. The every next
instant, she is a fire-breathing feminist who
hates...[read
more]
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Ostaad Mumtaz Ali
Sabzal
Music lovers in Dubai
will soon be able to learn to play classical music on the
musical instrument, benjo, from Ostaad Mumtaz Ali Sabzal, who
hails from the Gharana of the inventor of benjo and claims to
be...[read
more] |
G.R Mulla
Ghulam Rasool Mulla
(b.1939) is a nationalist produced by an era of deep
deprivation. Mulla believes in his destiny as the poet of a
subjugated people whose rights have been snatched and whose
vast land has been...[read
more]
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Balochi Music and
Dance
 The Baloch has a rich musical
culture. His interest in music was profound. It is possible
that like other civilizations, music among ancient Baloch had
functions connected with religion. However, its ecstatic and
secular possibilities nevertheless had relation with some form
of magic... [read
more]
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Introducing the Balochi musical
instruments
 Benju/Benjoo
This is a fairly new instrument in Pakistan, but is
popular today in Balochistan. The Benjo or banjo is basically
a dulcimer. The Balochi version of the banjo is a large
version, approximately one meter in length...[read
more]
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Aziz
Baloch
"I should have gotten the Pride of
Performance 10 years ago".
Assuming classical music has not been
given its due and has been neglected in this country, then
folk music doesn't even come into the picture...[read more] |
Noor Mohammad
Nooral
Singer Noor Mohammad Nooral,
the most popular modern Balochi singer, has helped to
rejuvenate the artistic heritage of his people. He has
brought Balochi poetry to the masses, reviving the
link...
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more] |
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Attaullah Baloch
(musician)
 Attaullah Baloch, age 28, is a Baloch
musician, originally from Kech, Naigvor, Balochistan. He has
been living in UAE, Dubai since his early childhood. He is
Happily married with two children and he is the grandson of
Mr. Doshmabe Koohi... [read
more]
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Saeed
Borhanzahi
Saeed Borhanzahi is a
Baloch song writer, singer, and music searcher who has written
and sung a remarkable array of songs in most major regional
languages such as Farsi and Dari (Afghani Language)
[read
more] |
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Abdulrahman
Surizehi
 Abdulrahman Surizehi both as a performing
artist on Benju and a composer and arranger of contemporary
melodies. The Baloch music is related to the musical
traditions of southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan and
eastern Iran, and has its very distinctive scales and
rhythms....[read
more] |
Zarina
Baloch
The great legendary heroine of
Sindh, the brave and restless sprit of all political struggles
and the symbolic mother "JEEJEE" of entire Sindh, Zareena
Baloch has been admitted to Agha Khan Hospital Karachi
Pakistan..
[read
more] |
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